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Present Situation

Prevalence of HIV in blood donors in the District in 2003 was as follows: -

RESULTS OF BLOOD DONOR TESTS FOR HIV:

AGE 15 – 19				AGE 20 – 24				AGE 25 - +
Male		Female		Male		Female		Male		Female
+ve	Total	+ve	Total	+ve	Total	+ve	Total	+ve	Total	+ve	Total
2	47 (2%)	1	27 (4%)	10	206 (5%)	3	82 (4%)	74	924 (8%)	24	262 (9%)

HIV Positive Patients in the District

Year	HIV Positive on screening			Total AIDS cases	Deaths
	Male	Female	Total		Male	Female	Total
1998	32	27	59	148	45	37	82
1999	69	78	147	147	52	58	75
2000 Jan - September	64	72	136	136	68	45	114

PATIENTS 2001 - 2003

YEAR	HIV/POSITIVE			TOTAL AIDS Cases	DEATHS
	Male	Female	Total	TOTAL AIDS Cases	Male	Female	Total	Percent
2001	343	359	702	702	277	301	582	83
2002	75	91	166	1050	30	38	68	40.9
2003	86	28	114	1164	40	40	80	70.2

Tests at St Luke’s Dispensary 2003

No of tests – 575

Number positive – 33 (male 13, female 20) (6%)

Hence it can be seen that the effects of HIV in the district are large, causing around 80% of the deaths in the district. A large proportion of HIV infections are undiagnosed, with young people developing infections with Herpes Zoster for example, or dying of TB, without a serological diagnosis of HIV being proven.

TUBERCULOSIS:

YEAR	SMEARS	RELAPSES	ALL CASES
2001	230	10	240
2002	262	10	275
2003			560 (positives 70)